On: British Airways Flight 5390

[redis_mlc]

I'd be interested to know if there was a maintenance test flight before carrying revenue passengers.

[sokoloff → redis_mlc]

Test flights are not required after most maintenance activity. Licensed mechanic sign-off returns the aircraft to service.

[rkagerer → sokoloff]

Yeah it must be tough. If I did this kind of repair in my garage I'd want to pressurize the cabin before it was scheduled to go airborne.